Faith

This episodes script was so all over the place it could only have been on purpose. The decision must have been made to go full b grade cheesy schlock.

From the ridiculousness of the court room, where apparently the authoritarian state of the commonwealth has a Judge Judy show that lets prisoners give anti establishment speeches to the attendees. Not sure why they didn't have it live streaming to people on their home tvs, why not eh?

Then our team of harden survivors held captive in a hard labour prison camp shifting a hilariously conspicuous pile of fresh dirt into a wheel barrow (we need them to be doing something while Negan and Ezekiel heart to heart so just dump a pile of dirt there).

Then the team in the woods hiding from the patrol behind there wagon pulled by a living horse??? "the fugitives we're looking for aren't there, all I can see is a horse and cart in the forest". Move on.

Then the team on a car with a spot light scanning for our team in the zombie hoard. Which they would have easily spotted cos make up decided not to put any blood and guts on their face this time, ewww ick etc.. It's like they don't even care any more.

Then all it took was one guard at a hard core prison camp where the officers take glee in tormenting the prisoners, to be disgruntled cos he and wasn't allowed to visit his sick brother (nice touch writing team, shades of covid lockdown, contemporary!), suddenly they're not all authoritarian pawns any more and the rebellion has started, and even better Eugene's speech hit it's mark and the guy who let his girlfriend got to a hard labor prison camp decides he wasn't that hard after all.

The thing is the actors deliver all of this with a straight face, like it's shakespeare or something. So either it's meant to be ridiculous, or these fine actors are in a prison cult, being forced to deliver terrible dialog and plot.

So if you're reading this fine actors who deserve so much better than this, blink twice if you being held captive and need to be rescued.

So the writing of this show continues to stay perfectly above mediocre, and I was gonna give this one an 8, but the ending was too good to to that and overall the episode wasn't that bad either.

One of the biggest misses they've done is introducing new variants when there are only 5 episodes left and they only utilize those new walkers in one or at most two episodes, so makes you wonder what the point is if they're not gonna be a big threat like Whisperers were. They might be introducing them to use them in new upcoming spin-offs, but what's the point if there aren't gonna do much in the main show, especially when there are only 2 episodes left now?

One thing about this season that was disappointing was how quickly they got rid of The Reapers. I was totally expecting them to be the season's big bad guys or at least ham them for longer, but they went out as quickly as they came in. I wanted the same treatment with the Commonwealth, meaning that they're in the picture for one only one part of the season and the third part be about another group, optimistically Rick and Michonne's.

But obviously, Commonwealth is way way bigger of a threat than The Reapers so it makes sense it's taking the better part of this final season. The problem is tho, that the hugeness of the Commonwealth is kinda not felt? Like they say there are +50k people living in there but we don't see much of that or we're not shown many streets and houses to feel how big this community actually is.

I also think that Ezekiel and Negan's subplot is way too overdramatic to the point of cheesiness and even cringe. Like it's kinda to the point that the writers think they're making V for Vendetta. This season's plot and storyline obviously is reminiscent of that movie and this has always been a serious drama, but for some reason this one feels way too over the top and overdramatic for its own good.

Rant aside, I thought this episode was decent enough but the ending did it for me. Some problems still get solved really weirdly and easy and borders on unrealistic and you can nitpick the hell out of that final prison scene, but overall the episode was good in itself, not sure about it being the third to last episode of the entire show though.

Rick should not return in this comic because there are only two episodes left This is not enough to cover upcoming events with the crm, and this will remove the mystery and surprise factor from the series. I think it's better if Rick returns in his series with Michonne because the next Rick and Michonne series will be an endgame for the walking dead because it will cover the last arc of the two main characters and open the way for the next spin-off series The most important of which will be Maggie and Negan series, and we know that the producers will adopt the style of duets in their future programs for the world of the walking dead, such as Daryl and Carol.

Just a terrible final season. This show lost all it's guts years ago. Lame, lackluster storytelling, massive plot holes, characters get to walk in the stupidest manners: need I mention Michonne's departure? Other than alpha and beta what major characters have been killed off? The show has taken a drastic turn from the comic and it's been bad. I feel this is going to end weakly and be disappointing. The whole motorcycle chase was ridiculous. It took Daryl two seconds to catch this guy! Really? Since Season 9 this show has gone doooooowwwwwnnnnnhhhhhiiiiillllllll. I'm sticking with it because I'm a fan, but only the new Star Treks have let me down worse.

While working at the railroad tracks, Negan and Kelly observe the behavior of the Warden and the guards and Magna prepares a map. Princess notes that the former trooper Tyler Davis is one of the prisoners and tells Ezekiel. Negan offers to work and extra shift to a soldier provided his pregnant wife rests and works less but another soldier hits him, and Annie is subdued trying to protect her husband. Aaron, Jerry, Lydia and Elijah stumble upon Luke and Jules in the woods, who are fleeing Oceanside. Luke tells them that the Commonwealth soldiers have taken Oceanside, and Aaron and the group do not understand since they have an agreement with them. Eugene's trial begins and Pamela tells the audience that Eugene had tampered the tape since that was not the voice of Sebastian. Negan and Ezekiel approaches to Tyler Davis at the messroom and invite him and his people to join the riot they are scheduling, but Davis declines the offer. The Warden summons Negan and asks him who is the leader of the group that has prepared the map he found, and Negan says that everybody hates him. The Warden assigns Negan to find who the leader is. Early in the morning, he gathers all the prisoners to watch Negan be killed by a firing squad. Meanwhile, Daryl's group breaks in Alexandria through the sewer.

"Faith" is another full of action episode of "The Walking Dead". Eugene's trial is a farce, and the testimony of Pamela is a big lie. The return of Luke and Jules after a long period increases Aaton's group and he is informed that something is wrong with Commonwealth. Negan's situation in the end of the episode on his knee begin to Annie is similar to the situation of Glenn and Maggie when he was the leader of the Saviors. The surprising attitude of Ezekiel is a great moment of the show. Mercer's attitude in the end of the show is also a surprising moment. The soldier Robert stopping the firing squad from killing the prisoner is also amazing. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Faith"